diff --git a/app/templates/views/edit-broadcast-template.html b/app/templates/views/edit-broadcast-template.html
index 8a3a0b83d..4bc8cf829 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/edit-broadcast-template.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/edit-broadcast-template.html
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
       <div class="govuk-grid-column-full">
         <div class="js-stick-at-bottom-when-scrolling">
           {{ page_footer('Save', inline_block=True) }}
-          <span class="template-content-count">
+          <div class="template-content-count">
             <div data-module="update-status" data-target="template_content" data-updates-url="{{ url_for('.count_content_length', service_id=current_service.id, template_type='broadcast') }}" aria-live="polite">
             </div>
-          </span>
+          </div>
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html b/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html
index fcac5f0e9..5daad6d57 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@
         <div class="govuk-grid-column-full">
           <div class="js-stick-at-bottom-when-scrolling">
             {{ page_footer('Save', inline_block=True) }}
-            <span class="template-content-count">
+            <div class="template-content-count">
               <div data-module="update-status" data-target="template_content" data-updates-url="{{ url_for('.count_content_length', service_id=current_service.id, template_type='sms') }}" aria-live="polite">
               </div>
-            </span>
+            </div>
           </div>
         </div>
         <aside class="govuk-grid-column-full">